Engineers at Oak Ridge National Laboratories (ORNL) in Tennessee have brought us one step closer to electric vehicles that charge themselves without any tedious plugging and unplugging. The researchers recently expanded a laboratory proof-of-concept wireless charging system to the real world using a modified Hyundai Kona EV. The wireless charging …

Web browsers sucking up precious resources from our computers is not a new phenomenon. Still, now Microsoft has one weird trick to fix a situation that has bedeviled PC users for ages. In the latest test build of its Edge browser, the company is letting users set a hard limit …

High-quality nonfiction films can feel tough to come by when scouring the ever-growing mountain of streaming apps out there. That’s part of why documentary lovers are increasingly subscribing to one service that is solely devoted to docs, and it’s extremely well-curated at the same time. Curiosity Stream offers users on-demand access …

We all remember when the pandemic joined forces with a cryptocurrency boom to make GPUs impossible to buy. Those were dark days, but crypto eventually crashed, GPU prices returned to normal, and we figured that was the end. Not so, as crypto prices are skyrocketing again, but miners are buying …

Intel announced its upcoming Snapdragon X Elite SoC in late 2023, and it’s promising to shake up the Windows processor landscape in 2024 by being a serious competitor to mobile chips from both AMD and Intel. The Qualcomm SoC will be targeting the ultra-thin laptop market when it debuts later …

If you have a car and a matching auto insurance policy, you’ve probably been offered the opportunity to lower your rate using telematics. Using a smartphone app or a separate device that plugs into your vehicle’s ODB-II port, these programs monitor your driving habits for several weeks at a time. …

When the $52 billion CHIPS Act passed in 2022, it was assumed Intel would be getting a sizable chunk of those funds to assist with its US-based expansion plans. It was recently reported that the company would receive up to $10 billion as part of that deal. New reporting states …

t’s a great time to pick up a new gaming monitor, as prices are low across the spectrum from just about every major manufacturer. Some of the biggest news in the space includes curved monitors starting to hit the budget bracket and refresh rates skyrocketing to match the output from …

Intel is expected to make a sizable node jump later this year when it launches its next-generation desktop platform, Arrow Lake. Its existing Raptor Lake CPUs use Intel 7 (formerly 10nm). Arrow Lake will use Intel 20A, which is a whole different kettle of fish, as it’s the company’s first …

Samsung’s wearables are getting smaller. At Mobile World Congress 2024 in Barcelona on Sunday, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Ring, a smart ring it’s been teasing since January. The device will purportedly allow users to receive a “deeper, more holistic understanding” of their health using biometric sensors, which fit snugly around …